Boey, an Ipoh-born singer-songwriter now based in the UK, unveils The False Prince, an album built to showcase a wispy falsetto and a songwriter stepping into darker territory. Packed with intimate confessionals and indictments of inequality, the record folds last year’s moodier experiments like “Sinners” into a broader arc that moves from quiet worry to theatrical unease. Along the way, Boey landed on official Spotify playlists and caught BBC Introducing airtime.
“When Will It End?” opens with soft guitar strums and an exposed, vulnerable voice. The arrangement lets falsetto float above slow, subterranean beats. Mid-track percussion deepens and the imagery, watching the world burn, impotent outrage, pleas for an end, lands with throat-tightening honesty. Fragile stuff, yet oddly rallying.
Then “Disease” shifts gears, with shimmering guitar and a snapping finger rhythm cradling a sensual performance that blooms into a goosebump falsetto. Boey casts obsession as a sickness you don’t want cured, with hunger and fatal attraction tangled together, and the chorus hooks you fast. This is the album’s seductive, a little dangerous, and radio-ready pivot.
“Adrenaline Rush,” featuring Jemerine Chan, gleams with glistening guitars and warm low strings, as her buoyant voice dances with his content replies, turning adrenaline into a duet about risk and yearning. It’s show-and-tell — bright, immediate, and sweet as cotton candy.
By “Sinners,” the record feels confident, with waterlike guitars, snappy beats, and lyrics flirting with recklessness. Boey leans into the edge, inviting you to jump. All told, The False Prince is a compact, potent study in contrast, with airy falsetto against muscular themes, and a major step for an artist who wears vulnerability like armor. In short, this one’s hard to shake. Listen late at night to find the album, finding corners of your heart.
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Review by: Naomi Joan